{"433741":{"#nid":"433741","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gwinnett County Water Reuse Project Could Be \u0027Game Changer\u2019 for Water Utilities","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA metro Atlanta county is joining with School of Civil and Environmental Engineering researchers and engineering firm\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cdmsmith.com\/en-US.aspx\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECDM Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on a water reuse project that could be a\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gwinnettdailypost.com\/news\/2015\/aug\/05\/gwinnett-officially-joins-water-reuse-research\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emodel for other communities around the country\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gwinnettcounty.com\/portal\/gwinnett\/NewsandEvents\/NewsDetails?news=PressReleases\/GWINNETTSELECTEDTOSTUDYWATERREUSETECHNOLOGY\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGwinnett County commissioners formally approved the project August 5\u003C\/a\u003E. The idea is to study if it\u2019s possible to clean wastewater well enough to drink it without putting back into Lake Lanier first. The process is called direct potable reuse, and officials said it could help them conserve water without reducing usage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis could be a real game changer,\u201d Gwinnett\u2019s director of water resources, Ron Seibenhener, told the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tablet.olivesoftware.com\/Olive\/Tablet\/AtlantaJournalConstitution\/SharedArticle.aspx?href=AJC%2F2015%2F07%2F15\u0026amp;id=Ar02201\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAtlanta Journal-Constitution in July\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cEven if it doesn\u2019t prove to be the solution, it could be the start of different paths to get to that solution. We want to make it safe, reliable and cheap.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/461\/overview\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChing-Hua Huang\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and two graduate students will study whether a process called ozone-biologically active filtration can clean wastewater enough to meet high drinking-water quality standards. They\u2019ll use a pilot plant that will be built at one the county\u2019s existing water facilities, and they\u2019ll conduct advanced water-sample analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf the treatment process works, it could significantly change the economics of direct potable reuse, Huang said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe said the project is critically important to water utilities because it has the potential reduce cost and eliminate concentrated waste streams that are generated using current filtration and cleaning processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis project will allow water utilities to evaluate water-supply options to decrease their dependence on lake or river withdrawals,\u201d said Denise Funk with the county\u2019s Department of Water Resources. \u201cHigh-quality reclaimed water is not subject to changes in rainfall, eutrophication, chemical spills, or algae blooms.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more about the project in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gwinnettdailypost.com\/news\/2015\/aug\/05\/gwinnett-officially-joins-water-reuse-research\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGwinnett Daily Post\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tablet.olivesoftware.com\/Olive\/Tablet\/AtlantaJournalConstitution\/SharedArticle.aspx?href=AJC%2F2015%2F07%2F15\u0026amp;id=Ar02201\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/461\/overview\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChing-Hua Huang\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and two graduate students will study whether a process called ozone-biologically active filtration can clean wastewater enough to meet high drinking-water quality standards.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Ching-Hua Huang and two graduate students will study whether a process called ozone-biologically active filtration can clean wastewater enough to meet high drinking-water quality standards."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-08-12 10:07:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:22","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"433751":{"id":"433751","type":"image","title":"Professor Ching-Hua Huang and Gwinnett County Water Project","body":null,"created":"1449256148","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:09:08","changed":"1475895171","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:51"}},"media_ids":["433751"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cee.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Civil and Environmental Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1253","name":"School of Civil and Envrionmental Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"167864","name":"School of Civil and Environmental Engineering"},{"id":"167070","name":"serve\u2022learn\u2022sustain"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"},{"id":"788","name":"Water"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:joshua.stewart@ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}